Facebook is a long way from becoming a ghost town, it's just currently more like a superhighway littered with billboards. We'd really like it to be a cosy cafe where we could enjoy a cup of coffee and conversation with a friend or to.[Continue Reading...]

While I did get a lot of connection and activity on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Google Plus while I was off Facebook, there is still no substitute. Even as bad as it is, Facebook (with AdBlock on) is pretty good.[Continue Reading...]

Google pulls the great open source move and allows you to get all of it, however you want it. This is the model of business 2.0 going forward. App lock-in is bad business. Portability is a critical path requirement for most businesses looking to move their work into the cloud.[Continue Reading...]

So for me, while I have GoDaddy domains coming up for renewal I will move everything to Google Domains. One more egg in Google's basket, yes, but cutting the ties with GoDaddy once and for all will be a welcome completion. [Continue Reading...]

It's a sharer's market out there. Influencers are being paid these days to share your content. And the best way to get started is to share your content yourself, and when you get a boost, thanking the influencers who retweeted or reposted your content. And when something starts going skyward, you can do a bit to help that lift.[Continue Reading...]

You've got to Circle people to get people to Circle you back. If you want to enter into conversations you've got to follow a few folks. (Hangouts on topics you care about are a great way to meet and Circle people.) And as you begin finding your tribe on G+ you can create your own Circle based on your topics. For example I have Circles on MUSIC, TECH, and PHILOSOPHY. Go find your tribe on G+ and then Circle, Hangout, and share with them.[Continue Reading...]

Once again my appeal to Google to reinstate my AdSense account, now 1.5 years later, is still denied. Why? And why is there little or no transparency into what they said I did that caused them to lower the hammer on me. I can assure you, I was considering AdSense as a potential monetization strategy [...][Continue Reading...]

Oh webby world what are we weaving? When Google/Amazon/Experian merge into one company will SKYNET have been created? Or is Google working to become self-aware all by itself, with the help of each and every one of us users? I am sorry... I have already been assimilated.[Continue Reading...]